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Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost

Courtesy of Toronto Public Library. | Public Domain

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Date

1812

Artist

Robert Dighton (c. 1752-1814)

Collection

Toronto Public Library

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https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-OHQ2-PICTURES-S-R-9&R=DC-OHQ2-PICTURES-S-R-9

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Additional Makers: George Harris (Firm, London)
Acc. X 76-60 is a later state of the etching published by T. Palser. Kent's Directory: 1812 of London lists "Harris Geo. copperplate-maker, 31, Shoe-lane". Sir George Prevost, first baronet (1767-1816), was lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1808-11, and governor-in-chief of British North America, 1811-1815. Inscribed in the plate, l.l. (reversed): G HARRIS / No 31 SHOE LANE [?] / LONDON [?]; l.l.: Pubd by Dighton Spring Gardens Novr 1812.; b.: LIEUT GENL SIR GEORGE PROVOST / GOVERNOR OF CANADA. JRR(1912) 369
Medium: Etching and watercolour on wove paper. Laid down on cardboard

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Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.

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Ontario, Canada

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